Controller: codesome.net is the data controller responsible for your personal data.
This Privacy Policy explains how codesome.net collects, uses, discloses, and safeguards your personal data when you visit our marketplace, purchase or sell digital products, and use our services. It also outlines your privacy rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other applicable privacy laws.
Personal Data: Any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person ('data subject').
Processing: Any operation performed on personal data (e.g., collection, recording, storage, use).
Data Subject: The individual to whom the personal data relates.
Data Controller: The entity that determines the purposes and means of processing personal data codesome.net.
We collect several types of personal data to provide and improve our service to you:
A. Data You Provide Directly:
Account Information: Name, email address, username, password, profile picture, biography.
Seller Information: If you are a seller, we collect business information, payment account details (e.g., PayPal email, bank account information for payouts), tax identification numbers if required, and the digital products you upload.
Buyer Information: Purchase history, download history, and reviews you leave.
Communication Data: Messages you send to other users (sellers or buyers) through our platform, and any correspondence with our support team.
Profile Data: Your preferences, interests, and settings.
B. Data Collected Automatically:
Technical Data: IP address, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, and other technology on the devices you use to access our site.
Usage Data: Information about how you use our website, products, and services, including pages visited, products viewed, download links clicked, and the referring website.
Data from Third Parties:
Payment Processors: We receive transaction data from payment providers like Razorpay but we do not store your full credit card details on our servers.
Analytics Providers: Such as Google Analytics.
We process your data only where we have a lawful basis to do so under GDPR.
Purpose of Processing
Lawful Basis
To create and manage your user account.
Performance of a Contract
To process transactions, deliver purchased digital products, and pay seller earnings.
Performance of a Contract
To send you service-related emails (order confirmations, security alerts, updates).
Performance of a Contract & Legitimate Interests (to ensure the security and proper functioning of our service)
To provide customer support and respond to your inquiries.
Performance of a Contract & Legitimate Interests
To detect and prevent fraud, security incidents, and illegal activity.
Legitimate Interests (to protect our business and users) & Legal Obligation
To analyze usage trends to improve our website, products, and user experience.
Legitimate Interests (to grow our business and inform our marketing strategy)
To send marketing communications (if you have opted-in).
Consent
We only share your data with trusted third parties under the following circumstances:
With Other Users: As a marketplace, certain information is shared to facilitate transactions.
Buyers: When you make a purchase, the seller sees your username and the email address associated with the transaction to deliver the product and provide support.
Sellers: When you sell a product, the buyer sees your store name, username, and public profile information.
With Service Providers (Processors): We use third parties to help us operate our business. They process your data only on our instructions and are bound by strict data protection agreements:
Payment Processors (e.g., Stripe, PayPal)
Cloud Hosting Providers (e.g., AWS, Google Cloud)
Customer Support and Email Service Providers
Analytics and Performance Monitoring Tools
For Legal Reasons: We may disclose your data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities.
We do not and will not sell your personal data to third parties.
Codesome.net is based in [Your Country, e.g., Germany]. However, some of our external third-party service providers are located outside the European Economic Area (EEA).
When we transfer your personal data out of the EEA, we ensure a similar degree of protection is afforded to it by using specific contracts approved for use in the UK and EEA (Standard Contractual Clauses) or by ensuring the provider is part of the EU-US Data Privacy Framework.
We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including to satisfy any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.
Account Data: We retain for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide services. You can request deletion.
Transaction Data: Retained for [e.g., 7 years] for tax and legal compliance purposes.
Marketing Data: We retain until you withdraw your consent or opt-out.
You have the following rights regarding your personal data:
Right of Access: You can request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
Right to Rectification: You can request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data.
Right to Erasure : You can request we delete your personal data, under certain conditions.
Right to Restrict Processing: You can request we suspend the processing of your data, under certain conditions.
Right to Data Portability: You can request a copy of your data in a structured, machine-readable format.
Right to Object: You can object to our processing of your data based on our legitimate interests.
Right to Withdraw Consent: Where we rely on consent to process your data, you can withdraw it at any time.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at codesome.net@gmail.com. We will respond to all legitimate requests within one month.
Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users, improve your experience, and analyze trends. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, but this may impair your ability to use parts of our website.
We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data from accidental loss, unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. These include encryption (SSL/TLS), access controls, and secure server infrastructure.
We may update this policy from time to time. The date of the last revision will be posted at the top of this page. We will notify you of any material changes via email or a prominent notice on our website.
If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at:
Email: codesome.net@codesome.net
Postal Address:
Hindi Sahayata, Medhatal , Mandla
Madhya Pradesh , India 481998
For further inquiries, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local Supervisory Authority.